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ARIA AKA RED

It strikes me that Artemis Volkov knows pain. Real fucking heart-wrenching pain and I don't know why it surprises me.

It's pretty ironic because the man standing before me causes so much trauma, grief, and misery in the world. When yet, he is a survivor of the most heinous crimes committed against him.

Is this what drives him?

Could it be a trigger that sets off his passion to cause devastation upon those who do him wrong?

He knows what it is like to be used as a pawn and he is living proof of the sentiment 'what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger'.

Yet, it doesn't stop my heart from aching for him, and the loss of his brothers.

I stare at Wolf and I see him in a whole... different light.

The cold-hearted, brutal man is nowhere to be seen in his sapphire eyes and that's what scares me the most. He has a past that makes him vulnerable just like the rest of us. A past that torments his every waking moment and haunts him in his sleep.

I feel as though I can